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A review by klor
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.75
A character study of loneliness weaved through American artists and art history. There's a lot of love that Laing put in this book that just hits you in the chest despite the notion of loneliness getting repetitive sometimes. Now I have new artists to check out, it's almost inspiring how everyone battles their own loneliness in different ways
Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Sexual assault